Exocoetidae
Exocoetidae (flying fish, halfbeak; subclass Actinopterygii, order Atheriniformes) A large family of marine and fresh-water fish, all of which have streamlined bodies and spineless fins. The single
dorsal and
anal fins are set far back on the body, close to the forked tail fin. Typically, all flying fish have greatly expanded
pectoral fins, the tips of which may extend to the tail base. One of the more widely distributed species is the cosmopolitan
Exocoetus volitans (flying fish), reaching a length of 25 cm. The halfbeaks have no expanded pectoral fins, but can be recognized by the elongated lower jaw, which in several species is at least three times the length of the upper jaw. The lower jaw is thought to scoop up minute animals as the halfbeak skims along the surface. One of the largest species,
Hemirhamphus far, may reach 60 cm. There are about 108 species, distributed world-wide.
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Cannon House Office Building damaged in fire.(Metropolitan)(District)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 2/26/2000; 675 words
; ...second-floor blaze at the Cannon House Office Building...However, more than a dozen Cannon building employees were...From 1903 to 1910, Joseph Gurney Cannon was the most powerful...U.S. history. The Joseph G. Cannon House Office...
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Earlier speakers had their share of ethics problems: Wright was forced to resign office.(A)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 12/23/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Perhaps the most controversial House speaker was Joseph Gurney Cannon (1903-1911). Cannon, an Illinois Republican who had served almost...of 1910," House Democrats were able to strip Cannon of much of his power, but they failed to oust...
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Tuscola's past brought back to life during sesquicentennial celebration.
Newspaper article from: Herald & Review (Decatur, IL); 7/8/2007; 700+ words
; ...enjoyable character on the walk was Joseph Gurney Cannon, a Tuscola lawyer from 1859 to...Portrayed by Darrell Price, Cannon told how he got into the practice...put off the train in Tuscola." Cannon, for whom the Cannon House Office...
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Danville museum marks Abe's day
Newspaper article from: The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL; 2/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Fithian House also commemorates Danville favorite son Joseph Gurney Cannon, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives...speaker under President Theodore Roosevelt. Much of Cannon's memorabilia survived in the Fithian House where...
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Fire Damages House Committee Office
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/26/2000; ; 302 words
; ...of the U.S. House Committee on the Budget in the Cannon Office Building last night, U.S. Capitol Police...containing the offices of House members. It is named for Joseph Gurney Cannon, of Illinois, who was a House speaker in the early...
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Pelosi's paradox; Will she push or pull Dems' 110th agenda?(OPED)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 1/4/2007; 700+ words
; ...Brackett Reed of Maine (1889-91,1895-99) and Joseph Gurney Cannon of Illinois (1903-11) to create new rules, dramatically...ended in 1910, when lawmakers revolted against Speaker Cannon's autocratic style and adopted rules dramatically...
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In the record books
Newspaper article from: Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL); 5/30/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...s milestone, though the distinction certainly merits more than a Trivial Pursuit question. Hastert surpasses Joseph Gurney Cannon, another Illinois native son, who was Speaker from 1903 to 1911. "Uncle Joe," as he was known, is considered...
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THE HOUSE THAT DENNIS BUILT|Hastert will become longest serving GOP speaker on Thursday
Newspaper article from: Herald News, The (Joliet, IL); 5/31/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...s milestone, though the distinction certainly merits more than a Trivial Pursuit question. Hastert surpasses Joseph Gurney Cannon, another Illinois native son, who was Speaker from 1903 to 1911. "Uncle Joe," as he was known, is considered...
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Hastert hits a milestone
Newspaper article from: Courier News (Elgin, IL); 5/30/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...s milestone, though the distinction certainly merits more than a Trivial Pursuit question. Hastert surpasses Joseph Gurney Cannon, another Illinois native, who was Speaker from 1903 to 1911. "Uncle Joe," as he was known, is considered...
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These websites have it covered.(WEB)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 12/14/2005; 700+ words
; ...John Wayne. Also included is the portrait that appeared on the very first issue of Time in 1923. (The name of Joseph Gurney Cannon might not ring a bell today, but the 86-year-old, 23-term veteran of Congress would certainly have been...
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Joseph Gurney Cannon
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Joseph Gurney Cannon Joseph Gurney Cannon (1836-1926) was the American politician whose arbitrary, often dictatorial, methods as Speaker of the House gave rise to the term "Cannonism." Joseph Cannon was born in Guilford, N.C., on May...
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Norris, George William
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...1910, he was instrumental in modifying the House rules so as to diminish the excessive powers of House Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon. In 1913, Norris was elected to the Senate, where he would serve for the next 30 years. He opposed the entry...
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Congress of the United States
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...and may designate any member of the House to act in his absence. In 1910 a revolt against the powerful speaker, Joseph Gurney Cannon , resulted in the transfer of much of the power and influence of that office to the House committees . The reforms...
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The 1920s: Government and Politics: Deaths
Book article from: American Decades
...candidate (1896, 1900, 1908), 26 July 1925. Joseph Gurney "Uncle Joe" Cannon, 90, representative (R) from Illinois (1873...to control House procedure, 12 November 1926. Joseph Maull Carey, 79, senator (R) from Wyoming...
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Fry, Elizabeth
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...Elizabeth Fry was born into the quaker family of Gurney, bankers of Norwich, and brought up at...of 20 she married another quaker banker, Joseph Fry, and went on to raise a large family...Prussia while he was in England. J. A. Cannon
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